Man Charged With Sparking Massive CA Wildfire

Los Angeles’s ABC affiliate reports:

Prosecutors said the arson suspect charged with igniting the massive Line Fire in San Bernardino County tried to set off two other blazes on the same day.

Norco resident Justin Wayne Halstenberg, 34, is accused of deliberately igniting the Line Fire on Sept. 5 near Baseline Road in Highland. He now faces nine felony charges and is being held without bail.

Halstenberg is charged with one count of aggravated arson, one count of arson causing great bodily injury, one count of arson of an inhabited structure or property, three counts of arson on a structure or forest land and three counts of possession of material or a device for arson. He is scheduled to be arraigned Friday.

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A Norco man has been charged with starting the #LineFire. The wildfire has burned more than 37,000 acres, injuring three firefighters, and causing $14.5 million worth of damage https://t.co/UbGOWTSYFB

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